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The Memphis appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1886-1890, 1887-05-10
BEAUTIFUL BUILDING LOTS AT AUCTION!
Immediately the DUMMY line RAILROAD corner McLe Bethel and Orleans Streets
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speech, keeping his sudiencs in a con.
tinual roar Of laughter.
The convention then adjourned IN.
til the evening session.
When the convention reasonable d
the report Of the committee elected to
designate the place where the next
convention would be held was heard.
The First Baptist Church, Ru uhmond,
Va, was chosen, and the tecond
Wednesday in May, 1888, named.
The Rev. DR.. f. M. Ellis, OF Bait
more, will preach the sermon. with
the Rev. VIM. F. Harris alternate.
Gen, Green Clay Smith, Of Kentucky,
from the Committee en- Temperance,
reported the following resolution:
Resolved That We do eolemnly pro.
test sg,iost the manufacture, sale and
use ( ardent spirits and express our
sympathy with Prohibitions 8 eve y
where.
The debs'e on this produced about
the liveliest cross firing yet Witnessed
during the convention. Gen. Smith
said be held in his hand the heathen
helper directory of the Baptist Conven.
ton containing the advertisement of a
whisky dealer, aad he ssked if that
was TO help the hea hen. Some
one answered, 4" No, the whisky
dealer" which produced considerable
laughter. Gen. Smith contin ued de.
claring that the prohibition shower
wac coming and those who were OPP
posed to it must get out of the way,
The phrase in the part preceding
the resolution, "whitky rs bever-
age" provoked long discussion.
The hour set apart for other business
was introduced and the report had TO
be dropped. 1t will come up again
in the morning, when q breezy time is
exps cted. The remaining hours OF
the night session were consumed by
the Rev. Alberto j. Diag, Of Havana, |
Cuba ;he gave the status OF the mission
in Cuba aud its nes ds. Over $4,000 |
was raised spontaneously before tho
convention adjourned.
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JACKSON, TENN.
A Small Fire-H. III. Cooper Assigns.
ESPECIAL TO THE APPEAL.l

A Small Fire-H. III. Cooper Assigns
lsPEoIAL TO THE APPEAL
JACKSON, TENN, May "a frame
tenement house on Main street, near
Pope & B ackards large livery stab e
was discovered on fire this forenoon
and the alarm quickly sounded. The
Ere was soon extinguished with tri-
fling damage, but bad there been a
few minutes of de'sy no doubt large
and disastrous FIRE would have re-
suited.
Mr.. H. H. Cooper, prominent
druggist on Main street, made an as.
signmsnt today to Mr.. j. X. Williams
for the benefit OF or diiors. Assets
about $1,000, and liabilities about ST.
200. 1t is believed that Mr.. Cooper,
who is live business man, will soon
have everything adjusted and pay up
in full.
The Memphis appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1886-1890, 1887-05-10
DIR. ]. P. M'FERRIN DE- I'D.
The GREAT LEADER or THE
SOUTHERN METHODISIS
Passes Away, Leaving a Glorious Life
Behind Him Filled With
Good Works,
ESPECIAL TO THE APPBAL.l

NASHVILLE, TENN May 3D.. J.
P. McFerrin died at 1856 O'Clock this
tuesday, morning. He waB born il
Rutherford county, Tenn, June 10,
1907, when Nashville WAS in the midst
of an unbrlken forest, and has lived
to see the city grow to its
present prosperity. When he WAS
10 years old he was admitted
to the Tennessee Conference in the
fall of 1926, and since that time has
filled every position in the church ex-
cept that Of bishop, travelling circuits,
preaching in cities and in the coun-
try, as missionary to tbs Indians, ss
chaplain in the Confederate army,
and agent OF the Publishing
House, as editor of the Christian
AdU0cdte for IS years, in all
being in active service OF the church
for sixty.two years. He has preached
all over the country from New. Eag-
land to the Pacific Slope. Much Of
his time was devoted to literary
work, and besides contributing
to the church periodicals, be
wrote a work of three volumes
500 pages each on the history of
Methodism in Tennessee. He was
member of every general conference
since 1886, aud has attended over 2O0
annual conferences DR.. McFerfin
took an active part in the controversy
between the Southern and Northern
branch eJ of the Methodist church,
but when the war was ended was
one OF the frat to move
toward conciliation. Two literary
institutions conferred on him the de-
gree of d D. in 1851. This city has
been his home since 1881. He was
twice married, frat to Mics Probart
and then to Miss McGavock, both of
Davidson county. Twenty children
and grandchildren survive him.
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Decisions by she Supreme Court.
[sPECIAL TO THE APPKALl

JACKSON, MIas., May 9.-By Arnold,
j.: Sam Gisnr W. the State; convict.
ed in Lowndes Circuit Court of the
murder OF his father-in law aud SEN
fenced to be hu1g; reversed and new
trial. Jesse Wheley VS.. the State,
convicted of assault by Dor oto Circuit
Court; affirmed. Capital State Bank
vs. j. M. Lewis ct al, from First D g.
trict, Kinds Chaucery Court affirmed.
E. E. Wilmington ct al. VS.. ]. s..
Hamilton ct al, f'om eane court ;
reversed and remsnded.
By Coofer, Chisf Justice: Ann
Ward ct al. vs. Lucy Whitfield, from
Monroe Chanc.ry Court, affirmed !;
same vs. same, sffi med State Of Mis-.
sissippi, use, ETC., vs.. 7. A. Hill, ad-
ministrator, ct al, for recovery Of
school funds alleged to have been
wasted, from Union Circuit Court,
affirmed; Merchants Wbarfbc at Asso.
citation vs.. J. Heindifelder, from
Washington Circuit Court, reversed
and remanded; Samuel McAllister ,sr.,
vs.. Robert Mitchell ct al, from Tippah
Ohaucery Court, sffirmed; Memphis
and Vlcksburg Railroad Company VS..
j. L. Cock, administrator, from Dssoto
Circuit Court,Ieversed I'd remanded;
Willie B. Perkins vs.. M. J. Sturdevaut
ct al, from First District Kinds
Ohsncery Court, reversed and re-
msnded.
By Campbell, Judge = Anderson All.
good vs. the State, convicted in Nox.
utee Circuit COURT of robbery and
sentenced to the peniteutiary for ten
years, affirmed; Mrs. Rebecca Walton
vs John 0'Conner ct al, from Monroe
Chancery Court, affirmed; George W.
Shannon, Administrator, vs Emma ].
Davis, from Y4lobusha Chancery
Court, reversed and rem snded; Jacob
Ho berg ct al vs E. s. Jaffray & Co. ct
al, from Noxubee Circuit Court, re-
versed and bill dismissed and judg.
ment here against compIainsnts to
the bill for the costs here and in lower
court.
Court adj burned until Monday next,
when the Second or the Southern
District docket will be taken up.
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Services at st. Andrews.

JACKSON, MISS, May 9-The servi-
css at st. Andrews Church, on yester-
day, were very interesting. At the
moining service the rector, the Rsv.
William Short, preached a splendid
sermon. At The evening service
Bishop Hugh Miller Thompson
preached ore OF his characteristic able
sermons and confirmed twenty-one
persons. The Diocesan Council Of the
Protestant Episcopal church meets
here tomorrow in annual session.
The Memphis appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1886-1890, 1887-05-10

was one of the we ,lthiest planters of
this county, as well as one of the COM
ing men OF Arkansas.
News of the death Of at Plnmmer.
vile, this State. of Mr.. W. O. Probst,
one OF the oldest business meu Of Lit
tie Rock, was received here by private
telegram from there at an early hour
this morning. Mr.. Probats had inter
ests at Plummerville and was there
supervising them when stricken with
the fatal illness. He leaves a wife aud
one caild. Forty-five years was his
gQo.
The Memphis appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1886-1890, 1887-05-10
I'D. GAM5RELL'S FATHER
HAS WARRAN rs ISSUED FOR
THE ARREST
OF j. y. Hamilton as Principal, ard
Four Others as Accessories, TO
the Killing Of His Sen.
THE SAD ACCIDENTAL KILLING
OF b. F. LOPE,
A Democratic Convention Called
at GreenyiIle 10 Nominate a
District Attorney.
ESPECIAL To THK APPEAL.l

JACKSON, Mist, May 9.-Warrants
have been issued on the sffidavit OF
the Rsv. Mr.. Gamb ell, father of the
late r. D. Gambreil, for the arrest of
Jones s. Hamilton as principal, and
Minis L ibank, William Hardy, j. W.
Albrecht and W. H. Figures as access
SORES, for the killing Of r. D. GAM
brell. The last four are in Jail. Col
Eamil on is constructively in arrest.
Eubsnk was in the carriage with Ham
ilton when the sffrsy began, and &C.
cording TO his statement jumped out
and ran as soon as the first shot
was fred. Hardy is Hamiltoas'
solored driver, who was driving the
carriage at the time of the shooting,
Albrecht and figures were walking up
the street near the scene OF the con-
hiCt. 1t is rumored that Judge L.
Brame, Of this city, the Hon. John M.
Allen, Of Tupelo, and the Hon. Green
B. Hubbleston, Of Forest, have besn
retained for the pros 'cution. Col.
Hamilton has retained Messrs. Cal
hoon & Green, Nugent & Melville,
of Jackson, and McLauren & McLau-
rem, of Brandon, for the defense. Col.
Hamilton is still improving.
The Memphis appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1886-1890, 1887-05-10
CHATTANOOGA, TENN.
The Express Rate Cuis-A Citizen
Injured in n Runaway.

lSfkClAL TO THE AfPkAL.I
. CHATTANOOGA, Tenn, May 9.-The
Southern Express cut the fruit rate
via Nashville to Cincinnati, today,
from rs cents per lC0 to so cents. The
Baltimore and Ohio refuses to meet
the rate.
The Board of Trade left in a special
car, tonight, for Rome, Ga, where
they will be entertained by the board
on Tuesday night.
Mr.. E. P. Durando, a prominent
jeweler and citizen was thrown from
mis- buggy while riding on Montgom.
cry avenue today and had his fee
badly lacerated. 1t is feared he will
lose one eye. His horse became
frightened at an sp pproachiDg train and
whirling around upset the vehicle and
Mr.. Durando was dragged 100 yards
before he could extricate himself.
The Memphis appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1886-1890, 1887-05-10
The Delightful Liquid Laxative.

Syrup Of Figs is most agreeable
and valuable family remedy, as 1t is
easily taken by old and young, and is
prompt and effective in curing
hsbitusl constipation and the many
ills depending on weak or inactive
condition of the kidneys, liver and
Bowels. 1t acts gently, strengthens
the organs on which it acts, and
swskens them to healthy activity. For
sale by Il. ]. Heister and all leading
druggists; Van West & Co., G. W.
Jones & Co., W. N. Wilkerson & Co.,
and s. Mansfield 4 Co. have been v
pointed wholesale agents at Memphis.
The Memphis appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1886-1890, 1887-05-10
Good Cemplars Meet.

T1FHOIAh TO IHH AENHAH''
JACKSON, MISS, May 8. The Grand
Lodge of Good Templsrs met here to-
day. Representatives from thirty or
more lodges were present. An orgsni-
cation was effected, which is about all
the business transacted today.
The Memphis appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1886-1890, 1887-05-10
HELENA, ARK.
Increased Mail FaciIitiey

HELENA, ARK, May 9-Mail CON-
munication between Helena and New
Orleans by way of the Mississippi VAL
ley road went into effect this morning.
This gives q direct mail route to New
Orleans by which letter sent from
here at pm. reaches New Orleans at
lam. next day,
The Memphis appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1886-1890, 1887-05-10
Denies the Report.

OTTAWA, ONT, May 7.--sir John
Macdonald denies the report that he
Is to be raised to TIE pesrage. A
prominent member Of the Cabinet to.
day expressed the opinion that the en-
trance of Newfoundland into the Do
minion is inevitsble.
The Memphis appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1886-1890, 1887-05-10
NOTICE.

CFFICE or TIE GAYoso 0IL WORKS,
MRHrBls, Tenn. May TO- 1887. !
The Annual Election for Five () Directors
Of this Company. to servo the ensuing year,
will be held at Office of the Mill, corner Front
and Keel streets, between the hours of 10
am. and 2 pm. May q, 1887.
HI. PARRISH, Sscret,ry.
The Memphis appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1886-1890, 1887-05-10
OFFICE FERNANDO INSURANCE Co.,
MEMPHIS, May y, 1887.

The Annual Election for Eleven III, Die
held at the efice of this Company, No. 22
Madison street, on June 18th, prox,, between
the hours of 10 o clock Am and 2p.m.
j. 8. DUNSC0mB, Secretary.
The Memphis appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1886-1890, 1887-05-10
Dissolution.

MEhPBts. May 9, 1887,
THE partnership of II. f., ROBINSON a
4 co. is this day d ssolyed by mutual CON
sent, u. II. LEIDY Withdrawing, Il. II.
ROBINSON assuming all dehts Of the firm
H. r. RI BINoON 4 co.
The Memphis appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1886-1890, 1887-05-10

has been elected cashier, is now ar
ranging pre- iminsries. The Hon. w.
ii. Gate, of this placs, has bsen
chosen president. The bank will open
under favorable auspices.
The Memphis appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1886-1890, 1887-05-10
LITTLE ROtK, ARK.
A Prominent Planter Meets with a
Sad Death-An Old Business Man
Dead.
IsPEoIAL 70 THE APPxAL.l

Sad Death-An Old Business Man
Dead.
lsPEoIAL TO THE APPIAL.l
LITTLE Rock, ARK F, May 9.-Psrtic-
ulars reached this city today Of the &C.
cidental killing yesterday in Eagle
township, this county, of one Of the
leading citiz ne of this section of the
State. A new Baptist church was to
bs dedicated in the neishborhood and
Mr.. B. F. Lope and family were en-
route thereto, his family, how
ever, occupying g separate vehicle
from that in which the
father rode, and just before reaching
the church Mr., Lope's horse became
frightened and careened his buggy so
that he fall TO the ground, striking his
head against log and fracturing his
skull. BE died almost instantly. He
The Memphis appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1886-1890, 1887-05-10
A Hoax

TExARKANA, TEX, May 9.-Ths
Ridgeiy story about his killing the
whole Murphy family, proves to be a
hoax, a genuine MulhatIon story. . go.
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THE 1eras Tribune says: "The late
atmospheric freshness has brought on
many cases of cough, and cold, and
DR.. Bulls Cough Syrup is in great
demand"
The Memphis appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1886-1890, 1887-05-10

"WHAT wound did ever heal but by
degrees ?" The Thousand cases daily
cured by Salvation Oil.
The Memphis appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1886-1890, 1887-05-10
JONEsBORO, ARK.
New Bank Opened-Omcers.

ESPECIAL TO TIE APPEAL.l
JoNEsB 0Ro, ABK., Nay 9.-The Citi-
zens' Bank of Jonesboro will open for
business here on the first day Of June.
Mr., 0, NJ, Nelson, Of Ozark, Mo-, who
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Subscribe for the appeal"
The Grenada gazette. (Grenada, Miss.) 1885-18??, 1887-08-27
Tall Men as Hat Buyera

Il would rather have one tall man
rs II customer than two short Ones"
said a dealer in headgcar for gentle.
men. why that is singular re.
marked the one addressed, Il thought
that in your business especially two
heads were better than one. -"
'Well," continued the halter, 'that
may be true in regard to the transient
buyers, but for ready regular GUS
toner give me Il tall man. He re-
quires more hats in u year than three
average small men. The tall individ.
ual can't keep u hat in any decent
shape; one or two rides in n street car
knocks the firmncss ont Of the body
OF The hat and that ends it. The tall
man is always running into the lamps
in cars; low doorways scrape his
crowns and altogether his height en-.
coura.es the trade Of the latter i'm.
mensely." -IHi!a'ielphia Bvlieli,A
The Grenada gazette. (Grenada, Miss.) 1885-18??, 1887-08-27
The Glass Eye Industry.

A German paper makes the astound-
ing statement that more than two
million glass eyes are made every year
in Germany and Switzerland. willie
one French house manufactures Y0,.
COG of them annually. The pupil is
made of colored glass, ard someti mes
red lines are painted on the inner sur.
face to stimulate tho veins. The
largest number Of these eyes are
bought by laborers who are exposed to
fire, and are consequently Liable to
lose an eye. An artificial eye rarely
lasts more than five years, as the secrc.
tons of the lachrymal glands cloud the
surface Of the glass DR.. Magnus has
pointed out that the expression OF the
eye is almost solely due to the move.
ments Of the upper cyelids; and this Is
the reason that we may see man With
n glass eye hundred times before We
discover his infrmity.-- Eostoa N,Ss
script
The Grenada gazette. (Grenada, Miss.) 1885-18??, 1887-08-27
A Useful Speaker.

The gentleman, an estimable and
honorable public man. of whom tho
following sorry is told. has made SO
good record for himself that he can
afford to smile at this joke. because it
is well told:
A justice of the peace was trying q
case in the town where he lived, when
ho was young man, and the speech
OF very eloquent lawyer attracted u
crowd. which filed the Office and
blocked up the doors and windows.
The old justice, needing fresh air. al
last stopped the orator, and quietly
remarked: Il wish you would oil
down. and let - speak u little while.
! want to thin out tEs owjf".-
Ioulh's Companion
The Grenada gazette. (Grenada, Miss.) 1885-18??, 1887-08-27
AMERICAN GLASS.
m.,us.etorles In England Estab'ishe" "'e'
u Century Ago

Z M8Quf80tOries IN H"h'
Nortlward in Massachusetts as cary
no ,Gsq John and Ananias Conk''n
Nd hotties in Salem. There is no
enrtber record until after the revolu-
tom Then, in July. 1874 century
ago-s man named Hunnewell' having
two associates, received from the Legls-
lature charter comforting exclusive
monopoly of the manufacture Tor III,
teen wears. The fine for infringement
was $500. the stock was exempt Oh
toxation and the workmen of military
duty. This enterprise took the name
of the Boston Crown Glass company
of Essex street.
From the first il succeeded. making
better window glass than the inn
ported. The neighboring colonies
early woke to envy. and many
of the workmen were enticed
away by flattering offers. All
that came to succeed in New
England was the outgrowth of the
Essex street factory, workmen going
TO Berkshire in 1912, and to Keene.
N. H., in 1914. In New York two
Dutchmen, Smedes and Bamber. are
said to have made glass prior to 1856.
but the first permanent manufacture
was near Albany, thirty years after.
Mr.. Hunnewell, of the Boston fac.
tory, chad no favor-look toward
Albany or Vermont" but having
turned his attention and some OF his
capital to Suncock. N. H.. he was al.
most simultaneously attracted to Con.
necticut. This was in 1887, the year
when he secured the Bay State mo.
nopoly, and he seems to have coveted
more monopolies. In New York such
things were not encouraged, but in
Connecticut there had been at different
times in forty years especial GRANTEES
of exclusive privileges all
however, becoming void from
the pa,entees falling to fulfil the stated
conditions. Hunnewell, attracted Of
the good sand that way" set his mind
on addressing tho Legislature of Con-
nccticut but the entcrprising people
recognizing that if there was money
in their sand beds for the Bostonian,
there was equally as much for them.
blocked Master Hunnewelrs schemes
by entering upon the manufacture
themselves. 1t is altogether probable
that jealousy of the Bostonian melted
the opening up of the industry, and at
any rate in 1888 one glass-house
was put in operation in Hartford. and
another in New Haven. Ii is not i'm.
probable that among the men enticed
away from the Boston factory were
those who went to Connecticut to start
this industry Success followed, and
in 1899 Washington alludes in his diary
to "The Connecticut Glass. "-Dr. W
H. Morse, IN Hartford Times.
The Grenada gazette. (Grenada, Miss.) 1885-18??, 1887-08-27
THE TIMBER WOLF.
A Northern Arizona Species Of Daring and
Vicious Sheep. Stealers.

Vicious Sheep.Stealers.
ave have in Northern Arizona an
anomalous, vicious animal. known rs
the timber wolf. 1t is different from
the gray timber wolf Of the East-a
sort of cross between that animal and
the buG-colored coyote of the plains.
But it is as large rs any wolf ever
heard Of, and good deal wickeder in
general makeup. The ears come to
an abrupt point, and elements of mean
ness are combined that set him of, in
some particulars, scarcely less favor.
ably than the hyena.
"1his, in a general way said the
speaker. who was w. II. Collins, OF
Marble Canyon. There are many OF
them in the woods and along the
streams re aching from Flagstaff nearly
to the Colorado river, but more Of
them are found north of the Atlantic q
Pacific road than anywhere else.
Toward the Moqui Indian reserva.
ton, you may know continued he to
the Erami,scr reporter, "are our best
sheep grazing grounds Away from
the streams. upon which are groves Of
timber in which the wolves hide. are
broad acres of good grazing lands. ]
suppose, scattered up and down in
that region. are fifty thousand sheep.
But they are usually in lots of from a
couple Of hundred to thousand Or so.
well. the destruction of these sheep
in the pnst six months by tho wolves
has been very heavy. IN some in.
stances ! have known Of II loss of thir.
teen per cent, aud l have heard OF
even greater.
THE wolves not only come forth
nights. nccessitatinS the strongcs,
stockade, but they come out to the
hillsides from the gullcs in the day.
time and attack them. Sometimes a
wolf will come alone. sometimes they
60 in bands Of three, four or half II
dozen. No meat to these wolves is so
tender and sweet rs mutton. and ii
does not matter whether men, or even
logs. are around or not. They are
better runners than the dogs and bet.
ter fighters. San Francisco Exam.
iner.
The Grenada gazette. (Grenada, Miss.) 1885-18??, 1887-08-27
NO HOPE FOR HER.
A Missouri Mothers Futile Efforts to Civ.
il!ze Tier Daughter.

A Missouri Mothers Futile Efforts to Give
il!xe Tier Daughter.
swell, Matildy Marier!" said de-
}ected Missouri mother, II reckon /
jes might as well give up trying to
make lady out of you. 1t amt in
you to be one, like your mar. Here !
go and lay out my hard carnin's on
books on etiketty and what manner of
good does it do? Arftcr I've licked
you into readin' of 'em an spelled out
all the big words an told you
what it all mcant-ariter all that
here you come a.gallOpin'
into the scttin' room fore COM
p'ny bar footed an cv'ry time you set
down you set on yer feet, an you
know, Matildy Marier, that they amt
no derned ctikctty book printed that
says = gal o twenty-four ort to set on
her bar feet fore compny. An ev'ry
time any body speaks to you. you clap
yer thumb in your mouth an fall to
gigglin'. No, Matildy Marier, Pm
Altered You amt the making Of y lady
in you, an l reckon you'll shame yer
mar by bein' big, awkcred. trollopin'
thing all yer born days. You must git
yer unladylike ways from yer pap.
They don't come from me, by a blamed
sight "-Iid- Bits.